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7 Deadly Movies That Have a Remake or a Reboot at the Ready

The reviews are in and the results are stellar – it looks like this remake has remained close to the source material of Stephen King‘s best-selling novel. The story follows seven children who come face to face a sadistic shapeshifter that takes the form of a evil clown called Pennywise. Whoever’s idea it was to cast Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise is an absolute genius. He looks truly terrifying in the trailer.

Not much has been revealed about this mysterious story and perhaps it’s not a remake but judging by the trailer it’s safe to say there’s something seriously satanic going on here with Jennifer Lawrence at the center, which is very similar to what happened to Mia Farrow in Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby. Is Lawrence’s Veronica being groomed to bear the seed of Satan, with her husband being part of the sinister plot? Also, the name, “mother!” indicates that maternity is a central point – remake or homage the similarities are pretty stark.

Not technically a remake, but a sequel to Joel Schumacher’s 1990 cult medical drama starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon and Julia Roberts. This time we see a group of med students experiment on “near death” experiences that involve past tragedies until the dark consequences begin to jeopardise their lives. Original flatliner Kiefer Sutherland is joining the cast as their shady professor.

The long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott‘s classic Blade Runner is upon us. Details on the story are being tightly guarded but we do know that it’s set several decades after the original and Ryan Gosling has shared that, “it’s not a remake of the story, more an extension.” Based on the industrial-y-dystopian-y trailer the world feels as iconic as the one Scott created in 1982.

As well as directing, Branagh will also star as Agatha Christie’s redoubtable detective Hercule Poirot, who is tasked with investigating a thrilling mystery with thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone’s a suspect in the murder of a passenger aboard.

The new remake/reboot/sequel is doing things a little different whereby instead of an ancient board game the focus this time is a video game where the four leads are avatars representing four high school teenagers.

The original Mary Poppins was set in 1910. The sequel takes the action forward to 1935 where in a Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael’s three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss.